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to other appar UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE This invention Claude ElQuick,

Glendale, Calif., `assigner to Interstate Bakeries Corporation, KansasCity,`Mo., a corporation of Delaware Application May 20, 1938, SerialN0. 208,956 1 Claim. (Cl. 198-181) relates to a sorting table or thelike of particular utility in bakeries for use in sorting cake goods orother somewhat fragile bakery products.

Among other objects, the invention aims to provide an improved andsimplified device of this type.

In one use of the device, they have cooled suiciently, are device whichcauses them the cakes after placed on the to circulate so that the cakesare brought at intervals within convenient reach of one or moreoperators, who are usually young girl employees, seated at the side ofthe From there the cakes may atus for subsequent treatment,

be transferred such as an icer, or even to a wrappingmachine,

in each case the device providing a surplus number of cakes alwaysavailable to the operator.

Other objects and advantages will be readily apparent from the followingdescription, taken together withy the accompanying Whichdrawings, in

Figure l is a plan view of a table constructed in accordance with myinvention;

parts being broken away for convenience;

Figure 2 is a side ture of Fig. 1;

Figure 3 is ing at Fig. 1;

elevational view of the strucan enlarged plan view oi one end of theleft-hand end look- Figure 4 is a cross-section taken on the line 4--4of Fig. 3;

Figure 5 is an enlarged detail view of parts of the device;

8-8 of Fig. '7.

Referring in is in somewhat oval vides an endless track etail to thedrawings, the table I form, the top of which proin a horizontal planefor a conveyor comprising a series of slats I I connected The chain isentrained on sprockto a chain l2.

et wheels I3 and I4 having le I5, and Ila and I8a for the respectively,

and I8, for the ax axle I6 at each end of the table. is also a sprocketwheel I9 |80. energized by the electric modriving chain mounted on axlesI and I6 bearings in bearing blocks I1 On the axle I6 with which meshesa tor dependently supported by the table I0 as on the bracket to asuitable heig itself such as woul average height.

d be convenient to a person of Standards 22 raise the table from thefloor for the track he lower bearing blocks I8 and to tighten the chain-for example, in the chain.

I8a are supported by brackets 23 and 24 respectively which are carriedon struts 25 and 26 respectively transversely connecting a pair of legs22. Brace bars A21 and 21a vfurther support the brackets 23 and 24respectively as by being con- 5': nected thereto and to the outer trackangle member 28. Interior brace bars 29 also give the table strength andrigidity.

The track itself is formed of the outer angle member 28 and the innerangle member 30. The 10 horizontal iianges 3| and 32 jointly provide ahorizontal sliding support for the sla-ts I I in their travel along thetrack. The vertical portions 33 and 34 respectively of the angle members28 and serve as guides for the slats. The angle mem- 15 bers 28 and 30are longitudinally sectioned so as to provide curves, in this instanceone-hundred eighty degree curves at each end of the table, and tangents,or intermediate straight sections, these sections being joined togetherby angle member 20 35 which may be welded as at 36 to a curved section28 and may be slotted as at 31 and 38 to have passed therethroughclamping bolts 39 and 4D, by which the length of the table may beadjusted I2 and to take up for wear,

The slats 4II are desirably non-rectangular, preferably of trapeziumshape as best, shown in Fig. 5, and are partially overlapping as bestshown in Figs. 5, 6 and 7. The slats are thus 80 wider at -their outerends, that is, adjacent the outer track member 28 than they are a-ttheir inner ends adjacent the inner track member 30, so that as theslats are carried along the track by the chain I2, and come to a curve,the slats can 35 Spread out fan-wise at their outer ends without leavinga gap therebetween. To limit this fanwise movement of the slats, eachslat desirably has anl extension 4I which is slotted as at 42 toslidingly receive therethrough a rivet 43 on an 40 adjacent slat.

As here shown, each slat has riveted thereto as best shown in Fig. 8, asby rivets 44, a depending lug 45 to which is welded as at 46 a chainlink 41, 45 other intermediate adjacent links 48 between each of thechain links -41 and flexibly connected thereto jointly forming therewiththe chain I2.

respectively, the chain I 2 is desirably slidably supported by crossbars 49, and 5l At least one of the bearing brackets, in this instancethe bracket 23, is slotted at one end as at 52 by a pair of parallelslots to receive clamping bolts 53 which adjustably clamp the bracket tothe strut 25, thus allowing for extension of the table as alreadydescribed, by means of the slotted extension track member 35.

The bearing blocks I1, I8, |1a and Ia may advantageously be of the usualanti-friction type not necessary to be here discussed in detail, and aresupported directly by plates 55 which are carried on the inverted anglemembers 56 and 51 bolted as at 58 to the track angle members 30. Theadjustment of members 56 and 51 to the track members 3D is alsolongitudinally in the same manner as and to compensate for adjustment ofthe track extension members 35.

The central part of the 4table may be closed by a cover member 54 whichalso conveniently provides a stationary deposit place for storage ofbroken or burned cakes.

It has been found that no lubrication is necessary for the slats, ascrumbs and grease from the products Which nd their way between the slatsact as suicient lubrication, and the slats and center part 54 aredesirably made of stainless steel, so as to be easily kept clean.

Such changes may be made as fall within the scope of the following claimWithout departing from the invention.

Having described my invention, I claim:

A sorting table or the like embodying an endless conveyor including aseries of slats of trapezum form partially overlapping one upon another,the slats being wider at their margins adjacent the outer side of thetrack than at the inner side of the track, an extension on each slatnear its outer end extending beneath Aan adjacent slat and slottedsomewhat in the direction of travel of -the slats, said slottedextension receiving a rivet-like member on an adjacent slat to limitrelative movement of the slats, an endless track for the slatscomprising curves and tangents in a horizontal plane, and means forcausing said slats to travel along said track While permitting saidrelative movement of the slats in their common movement about saidcurves.

CLAUDE E. QUICK.

